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Ian Bunting
Ian Bunting's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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In a Violent Nature (2024) |
In a Violent Nature is a fierce-but-flawed attempt at a brave concept that would’ve worked better as a shorter film shot completely using its killer’s point-of-view. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 05, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
Longlegs makes for an uncomfortable cinematic experience that tests the nerves - just don't go in expecting a modern masterpiece. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 05, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
With awesome action, heart, humour and a cavalcade of famous faces, Deadpool & Wolverine is the unapologetically fun flick we all need in our lives right now. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 05, 2024
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Late Night with the Devil (2023) |
Late Night with the Devil is fresh, frightening and fully engaging as it furnishes the television chat show format with nightmare guests that make Grace Jones, Oliver Reed and Emu seem like pussycats. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jun 25, 2024
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You Can't Run Forever (2024) |
Originality isn’t You Can’t Run Forever’s strong suit, but Simmons is a persistent punisher and you won’t mind taking this short trip with his family. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jun 18, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
With a dangerous landscape that never feels safe, even during quiet moments, and a cracking cast, Civil War is a disturbing journey through a world nobody should want to be a part of. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jun 12, 2024
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Sting (2024) |
Arguably Sting’s most creepy trait, though, is its most sinisterly simple - its ability to mimic people and animals by whistling, meowing and cooing like a baby. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jun 04, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
The bizarre, fantasy-esque finale will divide opinion but leads into a nonchalant devious act that gives the movie the indelible image it deserves, in keeping with Glass’ grimy, sweaty, surprising flick which proves she can crack all sorts of cinema. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted May 31, 2024
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Founders Day (2023) |
Founders Day is like Thanksgiving’s quieter, more polite younger brother but takes enough decent stabs at the genre to ensure it’s worth your vote -- for at least one term. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted May 21, 2024
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Monolith (2023) |
At its best Monolith is a tight, taut time showcasing a wonderful one-woman show from Sullivan, but could’ve done with a more crackling climax. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted May 15, 2024
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Baghead (2023) |
If the superior Talk to Me didn’t exist I’d probably rate Baghead a little higher, however it still earns its place in the horror market with a haunting titular creation steeped in the stuff of nightmares. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted May 08, 2024
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Imaginary (2024) |
Unfortunately, Blumhouse’s Imaginary doesn’t really add anything new and instead cherry picks elements from other flicks that delivered similar superior scares. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted May 02, 2024
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Boy Kills World (2023) |
I.S.S. is perfectly paced with an out-of-this-world tight-knit cast amid a worrying all-too plausible global catastrophe. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Apr 26, 2024
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You'll Never Find Me (2023) |
The sound design is a character in itself, with the howling wind and relentless rain hammering Patrick’s mobile home, pipes clanging and floorboards creaking. The pace is too slow too often, however. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Apr 18, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
While Frozen Empire raises spirits and smiles, it even falls below the far-from-perfect Afterlife . - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Argylle (2024) |
The film’s biggest asset are the many twists and turns in the story. One or two you can see coming but there are a couple of genuine shockers that completely turn the movie on its head. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Apr 04, 2024
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024) |
Lisa Frankenstein has a lot of fun ideas, and a laudable leading duo, however it doesn’t electrify enough -- and lacks the scares and gore to be classed as hefty horror and the giggles to rate as cracking comedy. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Mar 28, 2024
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V/H/S/85 (2023) |
Calmer and less intense than V/H/S/94 , V/H/S/85 is an easier but less interesting watch as a result. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Mar 14, 2024
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Thanksgiving (2023) |
This throwback to 90s horror slasher is [Roth’s] best work. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Mar 08, 2024
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V/H/S/94 (2021) |
V/H/S/94 is the best in the franchise thus far; unforgiving, relentless and fierce, it will track well with horror fans who won’t feel the need to fast-forward any footage. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Mar 08, 2024
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Lord of Misrule (2023) |
The mystery at the heart of Lord of Misrule never quite grips the way it aims to and the ending is a little too convenient. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Feb 14, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
Director and co-writer Bryce McGuire develops his short film of the same name into a 90-minute feature but it probably worked better in its fleeting format. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Feb 08, 2024
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Eileen (2023) |
here’s much to like about Eileen, then, but it takes too long to get to the meaty portion of its drama and even when that arrives it doesn’t have the bold impact it was aiming for. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jan 31, 2024
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Big Boys (2023) |
There’s no better time than now to watch a quality programme that mixes student hijinks and LGBTQIA+ exploration with hard-hitting issues. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jan 25, 2024
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Cat Person (2023) |
With an uneven tone that focuses on comedy for too long, Cat Person uses up too many of its nine lives too soon to warrant inclusion alongside the likes of Hard Candy, Fresh and What Keeps You Alive in the dating-from-hell genre. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jan 19, 2024
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Wonka (2023) |
For my money, Wonka surpasses the two Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movies. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jan 11, 2024
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The Conference (2023) |
Swedish horror-comedy The Conference balances the two genres extremely well. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jan 04, 2024
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It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) |
It’s a Wonderful Knife has a lot to like about it, and takes a good stab at gory guffaws, however don’t go in expecting a festive horror classic ala the original Black Christmas. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 28, 2023
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Wintertide (2023) |
As a complete package, Wintertide doesn’t chill you to the bone like it could but its fresh spin on zombies, uncomfortable atmosphere and engaging lead could ensure a sleepless night awaiting Santa’s arrival next week. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 19, 2023
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Pain Hustlers (2023) |
Pain Hustlers lacks the edge, bite and frenetic charm of Scorsese’s [The Wolf of Wall Street], as well as other similar films. It doesn’t hurt to watch, though, and is worth prescribing to others just for the performances of a committed cast. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 13, 2023
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Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) |
The ending sort of sets up a sequel but if we are to spend any more nights at Freddy’s lets hope the creative team bring more fear and dread to make these animatronic antagonists less cuddly. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 06, 2023
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The Marvels (2023) |
The Marvels is a diverting, easy to digest cosmic adventure that zips by at a breakneck pace and reminds us of the importance of family and friendship. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 02, 2023
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Night of the Hunted (2023) |
[A] tight, taut, tense thriller. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 01, 2023
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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022) |
Robert Englund comes across as humble, kind, appreciative and warmly reflective in Christopher Griffiths and Gary Smart’s documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Nov 16, 2023
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It Lives Inside (2023) |
Dutta is an expert at evoking tension and putting characters into a seemingly-inescapable spiral of misery and decay. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Nov 04, 2023
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No One Will Save You (2023) |
Duffield borrows elements from Signs , Invasion of the Body Snatchers and War of the Worlds and the home invasion scenes become pretty repetitive. However, he deserves praise for taking his flick to places you don’t expect it to go. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Oct 12, 2023
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The Passenger (2023) |
The climactic diner scene sums up the film as a whole; tight, tense and dialogue-heavy with two young actors wonderfully playing off each other, led by a delightfully dark Gallner. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Oct 05, 2023
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Mercy Falls - How Far Would You Fall To Survive? (2023) |
As it is, Mercy Falls has enough tension, emotional turmoil and blood spatter to make it worth a troubled trip to the wild woods. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Sep 15, 2023
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She Came from the Woods (2022) |
She Came from the Woods doesn’t reinvent the blood-soaked horror wheel, then, but while it rehashes old ground, the frenetic pace, effective ensemble ripe for the picking off and combustible carnage make for a fun watch. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Sep 08, 2023
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The Blackening (2022) |
The Blackening is more slapstick than slasher but with its self-awareness and engaging, quotable cast, it’s a witty way to kill an hour-and-a-half. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 31, 2023
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Barbie (2023) |
[Gerwig] and partner Noah Baumbach have penned a very clever script that packs in humour, sadness, satire and a powerful feminist message. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 24, 2023
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Insidious: The Red Door (2023) |
The fact The Red Door works best as a family drama rather than a terrifying scare-fest -- to the extent that when the finale takes another trip into the Further is almost feels tacked on -- tells you it’s time to close the door on the franchise. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Aug 24, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) |
Director James Mangold hits all the classic Indy beats -- globe-trotting, banter, double-crosses, zany artefacts. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jul 14, 2023
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Influencer (2023) |
There’s a lot to love about Influencer, however that just makes its flaws all the more frustrating. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jun 22, 2023
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Hellbender (2021) |
Hellbender lacks depth and takes time to breathe, but family filmmaking is rarely this original, intriguing and visually and audibly stimulating. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Dec 21, 2022
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Dune (2021) |
Dune is another triumph for Villeneuve and I can’t wait to see him finish his epic. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Mar 10, 2022
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Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (2015) |
Taking in luxurious locations, scintillating set pieces and nail-biting tension, Rogue Nation maintains the Mission form guide -- and leaves you wondering what other methods of near-death risk-taking Cruise has left up his sleeve. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Nov 18, 2015
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Quantum of Solace (2008) |
Mostly impressive performances, then, and while undeniably thrilling for the most part, Quantum of Solace just lacks the depth and emotion of its predecessor. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Nov 02, 2015
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Skyfall (2012) |
Make no mistake about it, Bond is back on top form, and won't be hanging up his tuxedo yet. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Oct 04, 2015
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Inception (2010) |
Inception nails you to your seat for two of the best hours of cinema you'll see this, or any, year and there's never a dull moment. - Daily Record (UK)
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| Posted Jul 20, 2015
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